Box-fastener



(No Model.)

D. R. KNOX; BOX FASTENER.

No. 490,567. Patented Jan. 24, 1893.,

e is 7 8) ATTORNEYS.

UNITED STATES DAVIS R. KNOX, OF PORTLAND, MISSOURI.

BOX-FASTEN ER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 490,567, dated January24, 1893.

Application filed May 9, 1892. Serial No. 432,340. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, DAVIS R. KNOX, of Portland, in the county ofOallaway and State of Missouri, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Box-Fasteners, of which the following is a full, clear,and exact description.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination ofelements, substantially as hereinafter described and specificallypointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 represents a View in perspective of an egg or other like casehaving myinvention applied, and showing the lid as partly drawn out oropened; Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal section of the case with itslid closed and with its catch or fastening as partly adjusted intoposition for opening; and Fig. 3 an end view in part, with the catch orfastening in position for locking the lid.

A indicates the body of the case, preferably made of wood and of squareor elongated rectangular shape with a transverse partition b down itsmiddle to divide it into two separate compartments, or it may be dividedinto a greater number of compartments if needed, or be undivided, asdesired.

B is a loose top or lid to the case. This lid slides freely over the topof the body A thereby avoiding the making of grooves or ways for it toslide in, but it is directed in its course and held down to its placewhen closed by passing under raised bent metal straps cl d arrangedacross the top of the case preferably at or near opposite ends of itsbody, which straps are nailed to the sides of said body A and thus servethe double or rather triple function of directing the sliding lid, ofbolding the latter down in place without nailing it, and ofstrengthening the body of the case.

The lid is fastened or locked, when closed, by means of a crank shapedbolt 0 fitted to work within a recess or slot D in an apertured endstrip f secured to the one end of the lid, and engaging with an aperture8 in a lower corresponding strip g secured to a like end of the body A.The slot or recess D is an approximately right angled one, being formedof or with a horizontal branch e terminating at its one-end in a thumbnotch e and at its other end in an upper vertical branch e When the lidB is closed, the bolt 0 is dropped or forced down to engage with theaperture 8 in the locking end strip g, and its-upper bent end or handleportion turned to lie within the branch e of the recess D, which looksthe lid as shown in Fig. 3, and a slip of paper may then be pasted overthe recess D to prevent tampering with or the accidental shifting of thebolt. When required to open the case by sliding back the lid B, thepaper seal, if used, is broken or removed and the bolt is turned tobring its handle end outward as shown in Fig. 2, and the bolt thenlifted, to bring it out of engagement with the aperture 8 and to placeits upper portion Within the vertical branch 6 of the recess D with itshandle portion projecting outward as shown in Fig. 1. This forms a cheapand easily manipulated fastening which is entirely out of the way whenin a locked position and the lid closed.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination, with the body of the case having an aperturedlocking end strip, of the sliding lid or top having a correspondinglyapertured end strip provided with a substantially right angled recess inits outer face, and a crank-shaped vertically sliding and horizontallyturning bolt adapted to engage said apertured strips and to lie withinthe right angled recess and to turn at its upper bent or handle end outof said recess when the lid is unlocked, to permit the bolt to be raisedout of the aperture in the lower locking strip essentially as shown anddescribed.

2. The combination with the box having transverse stationary end loops dd, and a transverse locking strip on one end adjacent to its upper edgeI and provided with a vertical aperture 8, of the cover B slidingthrough the loop adjacent to said strip into the opposite loop, atransverse strip f having an an- IOC gular recess D in its outer faceand a vertivertically into the branch c to release its cal aperturecommunicating with the recess lower end from aperture 8, substantiallyas D at the lower end of its vertical branch e set forth.

and the angular bolt, the vertical member of DAVIS R. KNOX. 5 whichturns in the two registering strip ap- Witnesses:

ertures to permit theihorizontal member to be W. J. SMITH,

moved into and out of the branch 6 and slides E. WV. KNOX.

